Happy 4th! If all the 🇺🇸️ red, white, and blue 🇺🇸️ you see today gets you impatient about the ❤️💛💙 red, yellow, and blue ❤️💛💙 of CHEER Colorado, we have good news: we're scheduling our FIRST MEETUP for prospective volunteers on Sunday, July 16th from 10am-1pm!
Location and details coming soon—in the meantime, hold it in your calendar and have a safe and happy 4th of July!

As if all the fun we had at #DenverPride weren't enough, now we get to read amazing messages like these from prospective volunteers: "Cheerleading and volunteering are two of my biggest passions, and I am excited about the opportunity to combine them in an effort to support the LGBT community." "It just warms my heart that there is an organization that involves my community and cheer. This has my name written all over it." "I am looking to join an organization with a family-like feel to help raise funds for LGBT causes. Seeing all of the people light up as soon as they saw the Pride cheerleaders in the parade yesterday confirmed that this is something I want to be a part of." Okay, your turn! Send us a message to get started!

#DenverPride is still 3 days away, but there's just 1 more sleep until we're joined by our sister teams, @cheerseattle and @cheersaltlake, who are flying in tomorrow! Today we reached out to some prospective members to have them fill out preliminary paperwork and make their volunteer status official! Want to join the fun? Message us here or email cheercolorado@gmail.com!

Six teams. 160 cheerleaders. Countless bruises and granola bars. And most importantly, many dollars raised to help C.A.R.E. Program provide services for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Charitable cheerleading teams from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, Sacramento, and Washington, D.C. came together for an unforgettable weekend at Long Beach Pride. Want to be in these pictures next year? Message us or email CHEERColorado@gmail.com to learn more!

We wish the best to our sister teams from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, Sacramento, and Washington, D.C. as they descend on Long Beach Pride this weekend! Save some room for CHEER Colorado in 2018, okay?

MODEL CALL FOR GAY DADS👬
Hello Denver😎I will be moving to your beautiful city in a few months and visiting this December for a few weeks. I will have a very tight schedule while visiting, but hoping to do some portfolio building if I get the chance!
I have photographed many moms with their children, but would love to have some imagery showing men from the LGBT community with their little ones.
I am looking for three specific LGBT families:
1. Two father-to-be's that are expecting a baby with either a surrogate or birth mother (all three to be photographed together). 2. A same-sex male couple (or a single gay dad) with an infant who will be between 0-3 months in December 2016.
3. Two fathers that have older children, up to middle school age.
I will photograph you and your family in your home (or possibly around Denver) capturing your everyday life. The images will be used on my website and in other marketing materials for Mark Ross Photography.
In exchange for your time, you will receive three beautiful images of your choice printed by a professional lab (any size up to 8x10) and an accompanying web-sized watermarked digital file for social media and sharing with friends via email. If you wish to have more images, you will receive $100 off any of my packages.
To apply for the model call, please send photographs of you and your family, as well as a little bit about you and why you think your family could work well with my style of photography, to mark@markrossphotography.com. You must be in the Denver area and fairly flexible during early December 2016. All families must live in non-smoking homes.
My schedule is very tight and I'm only looking for up to three families, but I encourage you to contact me and tell me about what makes your family special! And ALL races and ethnicities are encouraged to apply!!!😃Please feel free to share this post or tag somebody who would be perfect!
For more information about my Family Photojournalism, please click on the link below. Have a beautiful day!!!🌞
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